Attachment for paper-hangers  cutting-boards



(No Model.)

J. MARKS.

ATTACHMENT FOR PAPER HANGERS CUTTING BOARDS.

No. 414,424. Patented Nev. 5, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT Enrica.

JAMES MARKS, OF BAYONNE, NEvV JERSEY.

ATTACH M ENT FOR PAPER- HANG ERS CUTTI NG-BOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,424, dated November 5 1889.

Application filed June 13, 1887. Serial No. 241,219. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES MARKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New J ersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Paper- Hangers Cutting-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments for paper-hangers cuttingboards; and it consists in the combination of the table, a metallic plate made in sections and applied to the edge thereof, and a hand cutter or knife having a beveled edge, all otf which will be more fully described hereina ter.

The object of my invention is to provide a papor-hangers table with an attachment, whereby the edge of the paper can be more rapidly and easily trimmed than is done with the shears, and by means of which the edges of two or more pieces of paper can be cut at the same time, and thus be made to perfectly match.

Figure 1 is a perspective of devices embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of the metallic strips which are applied to the edge of the table. Fig. 4 is a detached View of the cutter. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the table.

A represents an ordinary paper-hangers table, such as is in general use, and which has secured along one edge a metallic strip E, which maybe made either in a single continuous piece or in short pieces which are connected together just as maybe desired. Vhere the tables are made to fold, it is necessary to make the metallic strip in two or more parts, and these parts will be preferably connected together at their ends by tongues and grooves, as shown. The strip or strips E are secured along one edge of the table in such a manner that they project slightly beyond its edge, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to move the cuttingedge outward slightly beyond the edge of the table, and thus allow the knife D a free play. If the edge of the strip did not project beyond the edge of the table A, the knife D would be constantly liable to catch against the edge of the table, and thus impede rapid work.

In Fig. 1 are shown sheets of paper out in lengths and lying on the table with the printed side down and read y to be pasted.

Upon the top of the sheet B is a length of paper G, which is pasted and the ends folded upon the middle of the sheet and showing the print of the paper. The edges of the sheets of paper are matched in any desired manner and made to project over the edge of the metallic strip E the desired distance. The knife D is then taken by the operator and moved rapidly along the edge of the metallic strip, thus trimming all of the sheets at once.' In this manner any desired number of sheets can be trimmed at the same time and their edges matched so that they will fit perfectly upon the wall. The knife here used is shown as having beveled cuttingedges.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination of the table, a metallic plate made in sections and applied to the edge thereof, and a hand cutter or knife D, having a beveled edge, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES MARKS.

Witnesses:

WALTER Wonnnn, CHARLES I. ROAKE. 

